Wildlifeof Thailand
Stump-tailed Macaque
Cercopithecidae
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Macaca arctoides
Basic stats
Diet
Mostly fruit, with seeds, flowers, roots, leaves and animal prey
Habitat
Wet subtropical evergreen forest and tropical evergreen rainforest
Range
South and Southeast Asia
Size
Head and body 48.5–65cm
Weight
7.5–10.2kg
The stump-tailed macaque is a shaggy dark-brown monkey with a nearly hairless red face and a very short bare tail. Infants are born pale and darken with age; adults of both sexes often become bald over the crown. Males are larger than females, while adults overall weigh 7.5–10.2 kg and measure 48.5–65 cm (Animal Diversity Web).
It is principally terrestrial and inhabits wet evergreen forest from South Asia through mainland Southeast Asia, avoiding dry forest. Troops forage by day and return to trees to sleep. Fruit dominates the diet, with seeds, flowers, roots, leaves, frogs, crabs, birds and eggs also eaten; cheek pouches temporarily store food (Animal Diversity Web). It is Nationally Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Stump-tailed Macaque eat?
- Mostly fruit, with seeds, flowers, roots, leaves and animal prey
- What habitat does the Stump-tailed Macaque live in?
- Wet subtropical evergreen forest and tropical evergreen rainforest
- Where is the Stump-tailed Macaque found?
- South and Southeast Asia
- How big is the Stump-tailed Macaque?
- Head and body 48.5–65cm
- How much does the Stump-tailed Macaque weigh?
- 7.5–10.2kg